Improved gold-washer



J. CANFIELD. GOLD WASHER.

No'. 34,738. Patented Mar. 25, 1862.

Wam@ #MMMV l 'UNITED STATES ATENT. anche JAMES UANFIELD,

0F sABULA,{Ioiv-A.

IMPROVED? GOLD-WASH ER 4Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 34,73% dated'March 25, 1862.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JAMES CANFIELD, of

l Sabula, i11 the county of Jackson and State of Iowa, have invented a new and Improved Gold-Washer; rmd I hereby declare that the following is a full andexact descriptionof` the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters marked thereon, which form tion.

The object of my invention is to Wash and apart of this specifical separate gold-dust from the earth with which it may be mixed inse thorough a'mauner that none of the particles may be lost; and in order that any one skilled in the art may be able tol construct and use my invention I will'now proceed to describe its construction and operation.

The materials of which the gold-washer is made-are ohiey wood; but it may be made of. any suitable metal.

is al plan view 'of the box B, in which the gold is deposited.

D is the sluiceway by which the vvater is conducted into the Washer, is connected with fit at A, and may be removed atpleasure.

That partof the bottom markedl E is covered with a polished plate of brass orother metal.

F is the sieve or separatorfthrough which the particles of goldpass into the box B. .It is of metal perforate'dwith small holes, and its position is such-thatv when the Waterfalls upon it from E itflows or eddies back toward E and loses its foi-ce, and so does not wash the gold-dust Off the'edge g to be lost.

' The betteln of YB is cox-*eredyvgith a thick elotlrco'b c, t0 receive the-particles of gold, and is kept in,l placey by the movable parti- -tions e and f, and .may be taken qont by ref moving them. These partitions are also of -use for the cleat (l, upon the bottom of the Wasl1er,to rest against to keep the washer in place. v

I claim as my invention and desire to se cure by Letters Patentv- The gold-washer constructed and operating'.

in the 4manner and for the purposes substan- R. R. MOFFATT. 

